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muriel_volestrangler

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Wed Jul 10, 2013, 01:15 PM Jul 2013

Russia activist Navalny enters Moscow mayor race

Prominent Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has registered to stand in September's vote for Moscow mayor.

Police briefly detained Mr Navalny as he addressed supporters outside the city's election commission office where he submitted registration documents.

The anti-corruption blogger, 37, faces a verdict next week in an embezzlement trial.

He denies allegations he took $500,000 from a state timber firm and says the charges are politically motivated.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23260340
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Russia activist Navalny enters Moscow mayor race (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 OP
Had anyone heard about this before you posted it here? JDPriestly Jul 2013 #1

JDPriestly

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1. Had anyone heard about this before you posted it here?
Thu Jul 11, 2013, 01:03 AM
Jul 2013

This article clarifies who Navalny is just a bit.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16057045

It will be interesting to see whether opposition is allowed to exist in Putin's Russia.

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